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New Frontier reenvisions the superheroes DC Comics launched in the late 1950s by placing them firmly in the Cold War milieu that seldom surfaced in the original stories. The results could be ponderous but aren't, thanks to author-artist Cooke, who freshly reimagines the earliest exploits of such hoary heroes as the Flash and Green Lantern, and offers compellingly unorthodox versions of some venerable superstars: he portrays Superman, for instance, as a smug government lapdog. Cooke's intelligently retro art style is perfectly suited to the task at hand. Its cartoonish simplicity, though unfashionable among today's detail-obsessed comics fans, possesses nearly matchless elegance and dynamism. Especially effective is his reliance on rectilinear panels that convey the sweep of 1950s widescreen movies. Despite its decades-old setting, New Frontier is the most exciting recent superhero comic, and testimony to the enduring power of DC's iconic heroes. It's complex enough to captivate current comics fans yet compelling for nostalgic boomers who grew up with these characters. This book's story will be concluded in volume 2. Gordon Flagg
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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DC: THE NEW FRONTIER takes readers on an epic journey from the end of the Golden Age to the genesis of a bold new era for the super-hero in the late 1950s! World War II is over. The Cold War has begun. And the Age of the Super-Hero is in decline. But where are the heroes of tomorrow? THE NEW FRONTIER recounts the dawning of the DC Universe's Silver Age from the perspective of those brave individuals who made it happen. Encounter "keepers of the flame" including Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman, who survived the anti-hero sentiment of the Cold War, as well as eager newcomers like test pilot Hal Jordan and scientist Barry Allen, poised to become the next generation of crime-fighters.
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Was hat mir an "The New Frontier - VOL 01" besonders gut gefallen? Der (heutzutage wohl) außergewöhnliche und sehr gut gelungene Zeichenstil, der an die 50er/60er Jahre erinnert, und die originelle Geschichte: Hier werden Superhelden, die ich aus den Comics meiner Kindheit in den 70er/80er Jahren kenne, von einer völlig anderen Seite beleuchtet -- mit Witz, Charme und Einfühlungsvermögen für die einzelnen Charaktere.
Unterm Strich: Eindeutige Kaufempfehlung für Leser, die die auf dem Cover abgebildeten Superhelden (zumindest zum Teil) kennen, und sich für den Zeichenstil (auch gut auf dem Cover zu erkennen) begeistern können.
Ach so, das sollte man vielleicht auch noch wissen: Es gibt einen zweiten Teil: DC: The New Frontier - VOL 02. Wem der erste Teil gefallen hat, der wird am zweiten sicher auch Gefallen finden.
Unterm Strich: Eindeutige Kaufempfehlung für Leser, die die auf dem Cover abgebildeten Superhelden (zumindest zum Teil) kennen, und sich für den Zeichenstil (auch gut auf dem Cover zu erkennen) begeistern können.
Ach so, das sollte man vielleicht auch noch wissen: Es gibt einen zweiten Teil: DC: The New Frontier - VOL 02. Wem der erste Teil gefallen hat, der wird am zweiten sicher auch Gefallen finden.
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DC is milking money out of it's collected edition fans...
16. Januar 2005
Format:Taschenbuch
Very well done story. Particularly John Jones adapting to his new world and Hal Jordan's post war dealings.
There were a few reasons this didn't get a 5 star rating and none of them relate to story.
This could all have been collected in ONE book! You heard me DC. ONE BOOK! Crisis, The Return of Superman, Batman: The Long Halloween, Batman: Dark Victory were all as long or longer stories and they were collected under ONE COVER. $20.00 for each volume?!
I notice DC has been doing this lately with Batman: Hush and Superman: For Tomorrow. Only it's worse with those volumes! First they come out in 2 hardcovers then 2 tpbs! ONE VOLUME DC! ONE!!!!!!!!!!
If you wanted to milk us on this series you should have released all the parts in ONE hardcover then ONE trade paperback. ONE! Get it DC?! It was that worthy of a story. Not worthy of being broken up cheaply. ONE!!!!!!
There were a few reasons this didn't get a 5 star rating and none of them relate to story.
This could all have been collected in ONE book! You heard me DC. ONE BOOK! Crisis, The Return of Superman, Batman: The Long Halloween, Batman: Dark Victory were all as long or longer stories and they were collected under ONE COVER. $20.00 for each volume?!
I notice DC has been doing this lately with Batman: Hush and Superman: For Tomorrow. Only it's worse with those volumes! First they come out in 2 hardcovers then 2 tpbs! ONE VOLUME DC! ONE!!!!!!!!!!
If you wanted to milk us on this series you should have released all the parts in ONE hardcover then ONE trade paperback. ONE! Get it DC?! It was that worthy of a story. Not worthy of being broken up cheaply. ONE!!!!!!
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Good, Mature Superhero Book with Much Less Costumed Action
5. Januar 2005
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This book is another high quality effort from Darwyn Cooke. It reminds me of the intelligent and mature tone of his previous effort, "Catwoman: Selina's Big Score" (which is also highly recommended by me).
"The New Frontier" is not as intense as "Selina's Big Score," but Frontier has a much larger all-encompassing story scope to cover.
Like "Selina's Big Score," Frontier is heavy on engrossing storyline, but light on costumed heroics, (Big Score had zero costumes, but cool street clothes). Frontier can go dozens and dozens of pages inbetween having conventional superhero scenes, in costumes. When the costume scenes do happen, (most notably in a great piece with the Flash!), then it is very entertaining.
Batman does some interesting sleuthing detective work, and though Wonder Woman and Superman are low on action, they are high on good character chemistry and tension. I especially enjoy the Darwyn Cooke version of an AMAZON-sized Wonder Woman who is taller than Superman.
What this book lacks in costumed action, it more than makes up for with heartfelt and sincere character development and motivation. There IS action in this book, but mostly involving characters in real world clothing and uniforms, not costumes.
This book is great for adult fans of the DC universe, who will enjoy all of the insider references, but young comic book readers may not comprehend the more subtle aspects of Darwyn Cooke's comic book writing for grownups, which occupies most of this book.
Me being more of a Marvel fan since childhood, I learned a few things about a few characters that I had not known about before, though, I think that is the whole point of this overall storyline, to fill in unknown gaps of what these superheroes were up to during the 1950's, before the Silver Age of comics began in the early 1960's.
"The New Frontier" is not as intense as "Selina's Big Score," but Frontier has a much larger all-encompassing story scope to cover.
Like "Selina's Big Score," Frontier is heavy on engrossing storyline, but light on costumed heroics, (Big Score had zero costumes, but cool street clothes). Frontier can go dozens and dozens of pages inbetween having conventional superhero scenes, in costumes. When the costume scenes do happen, (most notably in a great piece with the Flash!), then it is very entertaining.
Batman does some interesting sleuthing detective work, and though Wonder Woman and Superman are low on action, they are high on good character chemistry and tension. I especially enjoy the Darwyn Cooke version of an AMAZON-sized Wonder Woman who is taller than Superman.
What this book lacks in costumed action, it more than makes up for with heartfelt and sincere character development and motivation. There IS action in this book, but mostly involving characters in real world clothing and uniforms, not costumes.
This book is great for adult fans of the DC universe, who will enjoy all of the insider references, but young comic book readers may not comprehend the more subtle aspects of Darwyn Cooke's comic book writing for grownups, which occupies most of this book.
Me being more of a Marvel fan since childhood, I learned a few things about a few characters that I had not known about before, though, I think that is the whole point of this overall storyline, to fill in unknown gaps of what these superheroes were up to during the 1950's, before the Silver Age of comics began in the early 1960's.
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Close to Greatness
25. Juli 2006
Format:Taschenbuch
Cooke's wonderful distillation of the Silver Age heroes, with a nod to the Golden Age and timely references about empty-headed patriotism deserves either the big screen treatment, or even better, a mini-series on one of the better cable stations.
The heroes here -- Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, etc. -- have a darkness that owes a lot to Frank Miller's seminal Dark Knight Returns series, but also to the tortured navel-gazing of Marvel's mutant heroes. Cooke's Dick Tracy-esque art style is warm and inviting, like a Norman Rockwell painting that captures a long forgotten America that probably didn't exist but we seem to miss anyway.
That said, his attempt to juggle so many characters means we lose out on a lot of well-needed character development, which stunts some of the story arcs. The proto-feminist Wonder Woman who encourages Vietnamese women to take revenge on their male captors is sent to the sidelines early on in the story; we are introduced to Aquaman with a great spread, but then he does nothing until the last few pages.
Ultimately, this is the story of three characters, Hal Jordan, The Flash and the Martian Manhunter, but in attempting to tell a giant story that encompasses the whole DC Universe, they too get short shrift.
By all means purchase both volumes, read them, put them in your library and, if possible, buy them repeatedly as gifts for the children of friends and relatives who read comics.
The heroes here -- Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, etc. -- have a darkness that owes a lot to Frank Miller's seminal Dark Knight Returns series, but also to the tortured navel-gazing of Marvel's mutant heroes. Cooke's Dick Tracy-esque art style is warm and inviting, like a Norman Rockwell painting that captures a long forgotten America that probably didn't exist but we seem to miss anyway.
That said, his attempt to juggle so many characters means we lose out on a lot of well-needed character development, which stunts some of the story arcs. The proto-feminist Wonder Woman who encourages Vietnamese women to take revenge on their male captors is sent to the sidelines early on in the story; we are introduced to Aquaman with a great spread, but then he does nothing until the last few pages.
Ultimately, this is the story of three characters, Hal Jordan, The Flash and the Martian Manhunter, but in attempting to tell a giant story that encompasses the whole DC Universe, they too get short shrift.
By all means purchase both volumes, read them, put them in your library and, if possible, buy them repeatedly as gifts for the children of friends and relatives who read comics.
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